Palomares-Montero, D; Garcia-Aracil, A; Castro-Martinez, E Assessment of higher education institutions: A bibliographic review of indicators' systems REVISTA ESPANOLA DE DOCUMENTACION CIENTIFICA, 31 (2): 205-229 APR-JUN 2008

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Address: dpalomares at ingenio.upv.es; agarcia at ingenio.upv.es; 
ecastrom at ingenio.upv.es 

Author(s): Palomares-Montero, D (Palomares-Montero, Davinia); Garcia-
Aracil, A (Garcia-Aracil, Adela); Castro-Martinez, E (Castro-Martinez, 
Elena) 

Title: Assessment of higher education institutions: A bibliographic review 
of indicators' systems 

Source: REVISTA ESPANOLA DE DOCUMENTACION CIENTIFICA, 31 (2): 205-229 APR-
JUN 2008 

Language: Spanish 

Document Type: Article 

Author Keywords: higher education institutions; efficiency; indicators' 
systems 

Keywords Plus: EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS 

Abstract: In the last decades, universities are undergoing new roles and 
tendencies which have important implications in their structure and 
procedures. Governments and institutions involved in higher education are 
implementing strategies to improve universities' efficiency and to ensure 
the proper universities' performance. In this sense, there are some 
studies that address the assessment of universities through the 
development and use of indicators' systems. In this paper, we present a 
bibliographic review of those indicators' systems used for the assessment 
of universities in the OECD countries, paying special attention to those 
applied in Spain. The study shows the complexity that means the analysis 
and the structure of the indicators proposed by the literature, mainly due 
to the use of indicators is not only a technical or neutral activity, but 
it implies to make valued judgments and answer predetermined objectives. 
Therefore, until now, there is not a consensus among all the organizations 
involved in the approach. 

Addresses: UPV, CSIC, Inst Gest Innovac Conocimiento, INGENIO, Valencia, 
Spain 

Reprint Address: Palomares-Montero, D, UPV, CSIC, Inst Gest Innovac 
Conocimiento, INGENIO, Valencia, Spain. 

E-mail Address: dpalomares at ingenio.upv.es; agarcia at ingenio.upv.es; 
ecastrom at ingenio.upv.es 

Cited Reference Count: 82 

Times Cited: 0 

Publisher: CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS 

Publisher Address: VITRUVIO 8, 28006 MADRID, SPAIN 

ISSN: 0210-0614 

29-char Source Abbrev.: REV ESP DOC CIENT 

ISO Source Abbrev.: Rev. Esp. Doc. Cient. 

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